Foothill High School is a 4-year public high school in the Shasta Union High School District in California, serving grades 9–12. It serves a wide area from northeastern portions of Redding to the west to Shingletown to the east, including Millville, Bella Vista, Oak Run, Whitmore, Round Mountain, Montgomery Creek, and Big Bend. The school opened in 1991 in a temporary location in Redding and moved in 1999 to a newly built campus in Palo Cedro.[3]
| Foothill High School | |
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| Address | |
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9733 Deschutes Road , | |
| Coordinates | 40°34′07″N 122°14′13″W / 40.56858°N 122.23682°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1991 |
| School district | Shasta Union High School District |
| Principal | Kevin Greene |
| Teaching staff | 55.65 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,326 (2023–24)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 25.21[1] |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Website | www |
Academics
editFoothill offers honors or AP courses in English, earth and space science, math, and geography.[4] The API score for the 2008–2009 school year was 820.
The school's band director, Mitch Bahr, was named a California State Teacher of the Year in 2016.[5]
Notable Alumni
edit- Lynsi Snyder – Owner of In-N-Out. Attended Foothill High School
- Megan Rapinoe[6] - American soccer player.
References
edit- ^ a b "Foothill High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ "School Profile details: Foothill High", California Department of Education, retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Our History", Shasta Union High School District, retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "Freshman Honors and AP", Foothill High School, retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ "California Teachers of the Year Awardees 2016", California Department of Education, retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ Shulman, Alayna. "What this Foothill High School yearbook shows about Megan Rapinoe". Record Searchlight. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
